Here are few insights into how we make these time-honoured motifs and florals come together in a joyful composition. A selection of pieces, worthy of a collector's wardrobe. The design team employs varied complex and laborious weave techniques that allow a range of permutations to the warp and weft, while lending the queen of silks its signature drama.
Inspiration and depiction. Aesthetic and symbolic.
Motifs
A brief sight into the vast ocean of traditional and stylised motifs developed/recreated to enhance the charm of luxurious silks.
paisely motif complex variation
paisley motif variation
mango motif (ambi buti)
motif development from paisley
Paisley (ambi buta)
Peacock (mor)
traditonal peacock
peacock variation
stylised peacock
peacock specific to paithani saree
Parrot (popat)
Elephant (hathi)
Birds (chidiya)
Deer (hiran)
Phoenix; a mythical creature of eagle
Swan (hans)
Annapakshi; a mythical version of swan
stylized parrots
bird's flight
Yali; a mythical creature of part elephant part horse
Gandabherunda; a myhtical creature of double headed eagle
diagonal textures
small buti motifs
multiple motifs border
classic rudraksh motif
Classic paithani border
Ashrafi Motif; a gold coin
Asawali paithani motif
Traditional paithani buti
Traditional paithani buti
Muniyar; a variation of parrot
floral motif (rose)
floral variation
floral variation
floral variation
human figures; woman sitting on swan in a lake
human figures; a wedding procession
Warli painting inspired motif
a peacock feather